For using Output API add a reference to BS.Output.dll to your .NET project. You will find this assembly in the installation directory of Bug Shooting. You need also references to System.Drawing and System.Windows.Forms.

You can also get the reference using NuGet Package. Search for "Bug Shooting Output API" in the NuGet Package Manager or visit NuGet.org.

IOutput (Interface)

Provides an interface for an Output entity.

Namespace: BS.Output

Member

Description

Sample

Name

Provides the name of the Output.

Information

Provides a text which contain a summary of the Output properties.

OutputAddIn (Class)

Provides a generic base class for an Output Add-In. This class provides methods for managing the IOutput.

Namespace: BS.Output.V2

Member

Description

Sample

ID

Provides the unique ID of the Add-In. This ID is used for internal identification of the Add-In class. Please use always a new unique ID (Guid) if develop a new Add-In. You can use the Guid-Generator which is included in the Visual Studio.

Name

Provides the name of the Output Add-In.

Description

Provides the description of the Output Add-In.

Category

Provides the category of the Output (BugTracker, InstantMessaging, MediaSharing, Applications or Misc). The category is used to group the Output Add-Ins.

GroupName

Privides a group name for an Add-In. You can use this property to group different versions on an Output Add-In.

Image64x32

Provides the logo of the Output. The resolution of the image should be width = 64 pixel and height = 32 pixels.

Image16x16

Provides a small logo of the Output. The resolution of the image should be width = 16 pixel and height = 16 pixels.

Editable

Get the value indicating whether the Output is editable by the user. If an Output is editable the edit button in the settings dialog is enabled when the Output is selected. If the edit button is pressed the EditOutput method is called.

MultiInstancePossible

Get the value indicating whether multiple instances of the Output can be added. If the value is False you can add only one instance of this Output type to the Output list.

CreateOutput

Creates a new Output. This method is called if the user add an Output in the settings dialog. This method can contain code for opening a form where the properties of the Output can be entered. If you want to cancel the creation just return Null/Nothing.

EditOutput

Edit an exist Output. This method is called if the user edit an exist Output in the settings dialog. This method can contain code for opening a form where the properties of the Output can be changed. If you want to cancel the editing just return Null/Nothing.

SerializeOutput

Convert an Output to an OutputValueCollection which is used to store the Output values in a file.

DeserializeOutput

Opposite of SerializeOutput. Create and return an instance of an Output from an OutputValueCollection.

GetSendOptions

Get the values which are necessary to send an image to the Output. This method is called after the user clicked on "send to output" button but before the image is sent to the Output. This method can contain code for opening a form where options for sending can be entered (e.g. a description for the image). This method return an instance of IOutputSendOptions or Nothing if no send options necessary. The returned instance of IOutputSendOptions will be passed to the SendImageAsync-Method.

SendAsync

Send an image to an Output. This method is called after the call of the GetSendOptions-Method and contains code for perform the sending operations.

SendResult (Class)

An instance of this classis passed to the SendImageAsync method and is used to handle the result of the sending operation.

Namespace: BS.Output

Member

Description

Sample

Result

State of the sending result. Possible values are Success, Failed and Canceled. This property must be set during the execution of the SendImageAsync method.

ResultMessage

Text message which will shown to the user if the Result not Success.

UpdateOutupt

This property can be used if the vlues of the Output which is passed to the SendAsync method must be updated after the send operation. E.g. if you entered login credentials during the sending operation and you want remember the user name an the password for further sending operations, you can set an new instance of your Output (which include the ne values) to the UpdateOutput property. After te SendAsync method is finished this new Output instance will be stored in the Output settings.

OutputValue (Class)

Provides a key value pair class which keep a value for serialization and deserialization of an Output.